Sustainability

Explores climate targets, green consumer behavior gaps, and innovations in sustainable materials and transport.

Does Free Public Transport Actually Cut Emissions?

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

Abolishing fares on buses and trains, proponents argue, delivers a windfall for the climate. The logic feels straightforward: make public transport free and drivers will abandon their cars. Cities that...

Science & Energy

Korean bacteria produce plastic and fuel from sunlight

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has engineered a strain of cyanobacteria that produces both bioplastic and biofuel using nothing but sunlight and...

Science & Energy

1.5°C Climate Target: Feasibility and Energy Pathways

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, set a goal to hold global average temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it...

Science & Energy

Eevie App: The Personal Environmental Impact Tracker

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

Eevie turns a smartphone into a personal environmental impact tracker. The app reads accelerometer, gyroscope, and location signals to automatically detect how someone moves: on foot, on a bicycle, or...

Business

Why Businesses Must Not Lose Sight of Climate and SDGs

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

In 2015, all UN Member States adopted the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. A decade later, those commitments face their most serious test. Inflation, energy...

Business

The 39-Point Gap: Why Consumers Say Green but Buy Grey

by Kenneth Ma | 31 August 2026

In 2019, Harvard Business Review published a number that has since become the most cited statistic in sustainable consumer goods marketing. It reported that 65 percent of shoppers say they...

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